markers to redraw/discover phlogenics of plants. June 23, 

 1997 through August 29, 1997. 

 Jessica M. Warren, Bachelor's Candidate, Cambridge Univer- 

 sity. Mineral Sciences. Origin of cathode luminescence in 

 world jadeitite deposits. July 9, 1997 through September 



30, 1997- 



Wendy Wasserman, Master's Candidate, George Washington 

 University. Anthropology. Hawaiian Collections at the 

 Smithsonian and their donors: Biographies, histories, and 

 summaries. January 7, 1997 through June 30, 1997. 



Marie Watkins, Doctoral Candidate, Florida State University. 

 Handbook of North American Indians. Comparative study 

 of turn-of-the-century paintings and photographs of 

 American Indian's purchased by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. May 12, 1997 through May 23, 1997. 



Shu-mei Yang, Bachelor's Degree, The George Washington 

 University. Anthropology. Preparing a grant proposal for 

 the care and exhibition of a group of painted paper kites, 

 which were a gift from the Imperial Chinese government to 

 the United States in 1876. June 30, 1997 through August 

 22, 1997. 



Dale Young, Doctoral Candidate, Howard University. IMS. 

 Researching in Molecular Phylogenic Studies on the 

 Species of Central American birds to confirm their relation- 

 ships, etc. May 19, 1997 through August 22, 1997. 



National Museum of Natural History — Research 

 Training Program 



Mac H. Alford. Bachelor's Candidate, Mississippi College. 

 Botany. Describing a new species of Commelina from 

 Africa using morphological, cytological (chromosome 

 number), and anatomical characters. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 2, 1997. 



Amy Balanoff, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Texas at 

 Austin. Invertebrate Zoology. Helping to organize and 

 curate the spring snail collections. May 24, 1997 through 

 June 30, 1997. 



Katherine Bash, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Texas at 

 Austin. Entomology. The Leepidoptera of NAS Mirarnar: 

 what we can learn from fauna surveys. Demonstration of 

 the importance and applications of fauna surveys. May 27, 

 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Linda Boose, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Delaware. 

 Entomology. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Ostrinia — 

 the European corn Borer complex. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 2, 1997. 



Whitney Butler, Bachelor's Candidate, Gettysburg College. 

 Anthropology. Survey of various NMNH archaeological 

 human skeletal remains to determine the prevalence of scurvy. 

 This will provide insight into dietary differences between 

 archaeological human populations. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 23, 1997. 



Jessica Cafarella, Bachelor's Candidate, Duke University. 

 Anthropology. Survey of various NMNH archeological 



human skeletal collections to determine the prevalence of 

 scurvy (vitamin C deficiency). This will provide insight 

 into dietary differences between archeological human 

 populations. May 24, 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Josh Campbell, Bachelor's Candidate, Auburn University. 

 Paleobiology The project will be an evaluation of Pecop- 

 tens foliage at the Pennsylvanian and Parmina age. May 23, 

 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Kerri M. Carlson, Bachelor's Candidate, Miami University. 

 Anthropology. This project will involve a vertical assess- 

 ment of the various techniques used to determine tribal 

 cultural affiliation within the context of current U.S. 

 repatriation legislation. May 24, 1997 through August 2, 



1997- 



Joshua A. Chamot, Bachelor's Candidate, The College of Wil- 

 liam and Mary. Paleobiology. Analysis of stable carbon 

 isotope ratios. Attempting to correlate stable carbon 

 isotope ratios in fossil plants with an anomalous 8x13 C 

 spike near the Paleocene/Eocene boundary. May 24, 1997 

 through August 8, 1997. 



Klint A. Cowan, Bachelor's Candidate, Antioch College. 

 Mineral Science. Conducting a study of silicate and heavy 

 metal differentiation in the early solar nebula, by analyzing 

 the macroscopic structure and particle masses of meteorites. 

 May 24, 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Emma Mae Dawson, Bachelor's Candidate, Southern Illinois 

 University. Botany. Identification of Rhods phyta, 

 Phaeophyta, and Chlorophyta from the Dominican 

 Republic by preparing specimens for anatomical studies 

 including whole and stained mounts, microtechniques, 

 freeze — murotome sectioning, and photomicrography. 

 May 24, 1997 through July 2, 1997. 



Gregory A. Dehn, Bachelor's Candidate, Colorado College. 

 Mineral Sciences. Testing the idea that metal and silicate 

 were fractionated by mass. This will be done by examining 

 metal-silicate mass equivalence in meteorites known to 

 have formed through melting, differentiation, and mixing 

 on the surfaces of asteroids. May 24, 1997 through August 

 2, 1997. 



Luisa I. Falcon-Alvarez, Bachelor's Candidate, UNAM. Inver- 

 tebrate Zoology. Identification of Larval and paralarval 

 stages of the Cephalopod family Gonatidae, with a 

 biogeographical study of the family. May 24, 1997 through 

 August 22, 1997. 



Noah R. Feinstein, Bachelor's Candidate, Harvard University. 

 Invertebrate Zoology. Members of the gastropod genus 

 Xenophora attach corals and other objects to their shells, 

 ostensibly in an effort to camouflage their outlines. This 

 project will examine the association between Xenophora 

 and certain deep-water corals, and will include a survey of 

 coral species attached, as well as a spatial analysis of attach- 

 ment pattern. May 24, 1997 through August 2, 1997. 



Emily F. Greenfest, Bachelor's Candidate, Bryn Mawr College. 

 Paleobiology. Measuring and analyzing insect herbovory on 

 a lower Permian flora in order to test hypotheses about the 



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